Multiple plugin paths is not working

[wcage03]

Problem

Documentation states that multiple plugin paths can be defined (https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/config.html#plugins - plugin path subheader). The documentation states the format should be:

pluginpath:
    - /path/one
    - /path/two

Use of the dashes causes a yaml error. This may be an error in the document. Removing the dashes allows the format to be accepted, however, the two paths do not seem to be used. I created a separate directory for a custom plugin that I developed for my own use. I want to keep it separate from the main body of beets.

Using the pluginpath configuration does not seem to be recognized by beets at all. I tested:

• having the first path point to the default plugin directory (.../beetsplug) and having a second pluginpath pointing to my custom plugin directory
• switching the order of the two directories so that the custom directory was first
• putting in a non-existent directory as the sole pluginpath

In all cases delivered plugins were found (e.g. the delivered beetsplug directory was referenced) and the custom plugin was not. It appears that other than confirming that the yaml is formatted, the pluginpath is not referenced at all.

Setup

• OS: MacOS Sequoia 15.5
• Python version: 3.12.2
• beets version: 2.3.1
• Turning off plugins made problem go away (yes/no): no

My configuration (output of beet config) is:

beet config
directory: /Volumes/share/music
# --------------- Main ---------------

library: /Volumes/share/beets/library1.db

import:
    copy: no
    move: yes
    write: yes
    log: /Volumes/share/beets/import.log
    singletons: no
    asciify_paths: yes
    bell: yes
    incremental: no
    incremental_skip_later: yes
    resume: yes
paths:
    default: Albums/$albumartist/$album%aunique{}/$disc-$track $artist - $title
    singleton: Non-Album/$artist ($year) - $title
    comp: Compilations/$album%aunique{}/$disc-$track $artist - $title
    albumtype_soundtrack: Soundtracks/$album/$disc-$track $artist - $title

    pluginpath: /Users/myname/ownCloud/GitHub/beets/src/beets/beetsplug /Users/myname/ownCloud/GitHub/beets/custom/beetsplug
replace:
    '[\\/]': _
    ^\.: _
    '[\x00-\x1f]': _
    '[<>:"\?\*\|]': _
    \.$: _
    \s+$: ''
    ^\s+: ''
    ^-: _

match:
    strong_rec_thresh: 0.2
    max_rec:
        missing_tracks: low
        unmatched_tracks: low
    preferred:
        countries: [US, GB|UK]
        original_year: yes
musicbrainz:
    genre: no

# --------------- Plugins ---------------

plugins: fetchart
plugfiles:
    mode: stage
    format: $albumartist - $title
    temp_dir: /Volumes/share/tempmusic
scrub:
    auto: yes
embedart:
    compare_threshold: 0
fetchart:
    cover_names: front art album folder
    sources: filesystem coverart amazon albumart
    auto: yes
    minwidth: 0
    maxwidth: 0
    quality: 0
    max_filesize: 0
    enforce_ratio: no
    cautious: no
    store_source: no
    high_resolution: no
    deinterlace: no
    cover_format:
    google_key: REDACTED
    google_engine: REDACTED
    fanarttv_key: REDACTED
    lastfm_key: REDACTED
lyrics:
    auto: yes
    google_API_key: REDACTED
    google_engine_ID: REDACTED
    sources: google musixmatch genius tekstowo
lastgenre:
    auto: yes
    canonical: no
    count: 3
    fallback: none
    force: yes
    min_weight: 10
    prefer_specific: no
    source: album
    whitelist: yes
    title_case: yes
replaygain:
    auto: yes
    backend: ffmpeg
    per_disc: no
convert:
    auto: no
    copy_album_art: yes
    embed: yes
    never_convert_lossy_files: yes
    delete_originals: yes
missing:

# --------------- Search ---------------

    format_item: $album - $disc-$track $title
    count: no
    total: no